May 24, 2012 • infosthetics.com
The Economist Videographics: Presidential Race in Narrated Data Graphics Now it seems we might have to rehash this discussion also for the practice of animated infographics. Since quite some time, The Economist has semi-regularly been featuring a new sort of information display, which they coin as “videographics”. For instance, in their latest installment titled America’s Presidential Race [economist.com] one can experience quite relatively sophisticated data graphics, charts and diagrams, instead of the usual flashy animated typographic and iconographic effects for this kind of practice. Here, the presentation is further augmented with animations and a narration.
The Economist Videographics: Presidential Race in Narrated Data Graphics

Now it seems we might have to rehash this discussion also for the practice of animated infographics. Since quite some time, The Economist has semi-regularly been featuring a new sort of information display, which they coin as “videographics”. For instance, in their latest installment titled America’s Presidential Race [economist.com] one can experience quite relatively sophisticated data graphics, charts and diagrams, instead of the usual flashy animated typographic and iconographic effects for this kind of practice. Here, the presentation is further augmented with animations and a narration.

March 31, 2012 • Mashable
March 9, 2012 • The New York Times
March 7, 2012 • The New York Times
February 24, 2012 • Slate
February 24, 2012 • motherjones
February 21, 2012 • barackobama
February 14, 2012 • futurejournalismproject
February 2, 2012 • Mashable
Are Google Search Trends Better Election Predictors Than Polls? Google has been busy documenting how the 2012 Republican primary affects search results. Newt Gringrich, for instance, experienced a huge surge in searches before winning in South Carolina. Stephen Colbert search traffic jumped ahead of all candidates after he announced his exploratory committee. And before the Iowa caucus, Iowans were searching for Ron Paul more than any other candidate.

Are Google Search Trends Better Election Predictors Than Polls?

Google has been busy documenting how the 2012 Republican primary affects search results.

Newt Gringrich, for instance, experienced a huge surge in searches before winning in South Carolina. Stephen Colbert search traffic jumped ahead of all candidates after he announced his exploratory committee. And before the Iowa caucus, Iowans were searching for Ron Paul more than any other candidate.

February 2, 2012 • infosthetics.com
Comparing the Fundraising Performance of the US Presidential Candidates The NYTimes released a competitive dashboard of sorts, titled “The 2012 Money Race: Compare the Candidates” [nytimes.com]. Basically, the interactive graphic allows readers to contrast the various performance parameters in terms of fundraising from 2 presidential candidates next to each other. Another recent graphic [nytimes.com] lists the hundreds of organizations and people that fund the so-called Super PACs that are officially not controlled by those very candidates.

Comparing the Fundraising Performance of the US Presidential Candidates
The NYTimes released a competitive dashboard of sorts, titled “The 2012 Money Race: Compare the Candidates” [nytimes.com]. Basically, the interactive graphic allows readers to contrast the various performance parameters in terms of fundraising from 2 presidential candidates next to each other. Another recent graphic [nytimes.com] lists the hundreds of organizations and people that fund the so-called Super PACs that are officially not controlled by those very candidates.

February 1, 2012 • sunlightfoundation.com
January 30, 2012 • staff

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Tumblr Insights: Election 2012 Report

With the U.S. presidential campaign already off to a roaring start, news from the Republican primary contests has been a major topic across Tumblr. As we near another crescendo in Florida, we were curious how the campaign—from the numerous debates and rallies, to election ads and gaffes—has played out so far in terms of the type and quantity of attention received by each candidate on Tumblr.

The first graph shows how frequently each candidate’s name appeared in posts. The second shows other tags most frequently associated with each candidate. We’re most impressed with the viral power of one creative concept blog: When Rick Perry’s Unpopular Opinions sprang up as a parody of one of Perry’s campaign videos, he easily became the most blogged candidate overnight.

Our Insights team will be bringing you more data as the campaigns progress!

January 25, 2012 • The New York Times
January 25, 2012 • dcdecoder
January 22, 2012 • Guardian